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A Developmental Study of Logical Search Behavior
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Drozdal, John G., Jr.; Flavell, John H. – Child Development, 1975
This study investigated the development of the concept of a critical search area by means of an action sequence in which a cartoon character loses his toy while walking through his house. The results showed that it is not until ages 7 or 8 that children readily make the inference that the critical area is the only plausible place to search for the…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Age Differences, Developmental Psychology, Elementary Education
Developmental Differences in the Comprehension and Production of Narratives by Reading-Disabled and Normally Achieving Children.
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Feagans, Lynne; Short, Elizabeth J. – Child Development, 1984
This study provides a cross-sectional and longitudinal examination of the narrative language skills of reading-disabled and normally achieving children. The investigation was made to illuminate language processes involved in these skills and to assess how these processes relate to reading achievement over time. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Comprehension, Cross Sectional Studies, Language Skills